Grain-divider.



No. 665,230. Patented Ian. I, I901. H. E. KOCH.

GRAIN DIVIDEB.

(Application filed Apr. 5, 1900.)

(No Model.)

Wl TA/E SSE S INVENTOH A 77'0RNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E. KOCH, OF HARTINGTON, NEBRASKA.

GRAIN-DIVIDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,230, dated January 1, 1901.

Application filed April 5, 1900. $erial No. 11,663. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. KOCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartington, in the county of Cedar and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Dividers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates generally to grain-harvesters; and it consists in a divider attachable to a reaper or mower and provided with an automatic trip and other novel features, which are herein fully described and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention, in Which Figure l is an elevation of one side, and Fig. 2 is an elevation of the opposite side, of the invention. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device and part of a reaper to which it is attached, and Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of part of the invention on line a; wolf Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicates the runner of the divider, having a groove a and a vertical extension A, fixed to the runner A.

B is a vertical adjustable board seated in the groove a and pivoted at b to the extension A. The board 13 is tilted or adjusted by means of its slot 0, which is engaged by a set-screw c in the extension A.

b b are curved rods or fenders fixed on board B for separating more widely the divided grain.

D is a block having a threaded socket in which the slightly-flexible threaded reach (1 is longitudinally adjustable. This block is fixed to the runner, and the reach is set so that its hook 61 engages the staple s on the tongue t and so regulates the distance at which the divider is set from the tongue.

E is a support or sill to be attached to the reaper R by bolts or otherwise, as preferred, its pin 6 engaging a hole 6 at the heel of the runner, whereby a tilting motion of the divider is permitted. This motion is participated in by a device consisting of a bar G, having a variable fulcrum in a bolt K, which is adjustable in holes 70 It in the lever and holes 2' 11 in a post I, fixed on the reaper. In

the hollow body of the bar Gis an expanding coil-spring g, and a rod H, pivoted to the runner at h, is adapted to enter the end of the bar G and pass through said spring. A cross= pin g on the rod at the lower end of the spring retains the rod in the lever and communicates to the rod the expansible force of the spring. As the runner is tiltable at its heel on the journal e when thrown up by an obstruction the spring in the lever forces it down again automatically into operative position when the obstruction is passed.

M is a plate having a recess m, by which it straddles the sill E, and has an extension N, adapted for attachment to the reaper. As the forms of reaper-frames vary the part N will be made to conform to and be adapted for attachment to them.

The divider, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2,

1. In a grain-divider a runner havinga hole near its rear end, a horizontal sill at a right angle to the runner and secured to the reaper, a pin in the sill to engage the hole in the runner, a bar pivoted to the runner, a bar having a repelling-spring to actuate said pivoted bar and a post on the reaper with means to adjustably support said bar substantially as described.

2. In a grain-divider a runner having a vertical extension, a longitudinal recess in the runner, a grain-board pivoted to the runner and vertically movable in and out of said recess, and means to vertically adjust said grainboard with relation to the vertical extension as herein described.

3. In a grain-divider having a tiltable runner, a block fixed to said runner, a threaded reach having a terminal hook longitudinally adjustable in said block and a staple on the reaper-tongue detachably engaged by said hook for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY E. KOCH.

Witnesses W. H. MARTIN, O'r'ro H. KUHL. 

